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CORACINUS 9. Rubellus major, pennis pec~lor alibus baft 7 The deep water 



nigris, J red Snaper. 



CORACINUS 10. Sublutefcens, iride argented. 



The Yellow Tail. 





Thefe fix laft fpecies of the Cor acinus are of a more delicate make, and covered 

 with larger fcales than the reft 



i nor are the marks of the /. 

 gills, fo remarkable : but they agree with the reft in all other pa 



that 



In this genus the dorfal fin is always fi 



d conftantly lower about the mid 



die, where the pointed radii, by which the fore-part is fuftained, d 



The pectoral fi 



dim, and near the g 



the ventrals near and cbl 



and the anal roundifti, and fuftained by 



ftrong pointed ra) 



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but the tail fquare, or flightly bifurcated j and the lateral line pa 



fore- part 

 the back 



They are all greatly efteemed, efpecially the Groop 



black Snaper, the Rock 



and the Jew-fifti, which are reckoned fuperior to moft of our European fifties 

 both in delicacy and richnefs. 



CROMIS I. Subargettteo-mifcellus, pinna dorfali & anali 



fojjuld immerfis, caudd birfurcd. 



The Silver Shad. 





This fifti grows to the length of twelve or fourteen inches, and is pretty large in 



proportion 



The body is moderately 



the mouth more or lefs dud 



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preficd, and well 

 denticulated, as well as 



ed with ical 



phar)- 



and the flefti raifed about the fore- part of the dorfal or anal fins, fo as to fo 

 deep grooves or chanels in which the pointed radii of each rife and fall occafionallj 





CROMIS 2. Aureo £f fufco varius, pal at 



Perca. Cat 



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The Red Mo 



dark 



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This fifh is fmaller than the foregoi 



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firm make. The jaws, as well as tl 



the branchiojlegeous membranes fufta 

 placed at fome diftance from the g 



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but fomewhat of a tb 



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more 



are furniihed with fmall (harp teeth 



by feven ofiicles each 



d the ventral fin 



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Th 



foremoft radii of the back- fin 



pungent, and the other fixteen weak and branchy. The 



and ftretches from 



eye 



Both are good fifties, tho' not fo muc 



the tail in a direction almoft p 



oblique. 



to the b 



fteemed 



eneral. 





CROMIS 3. Ab argent eo firiatim nigrans, radii s pri- 



oribus pinna dor fait s fojfuld i miner - 



Fhe Stone Bafs. 



Perca. Cat, ii. t. 2. 



The uppermoft of the laming that cover the gills is ferrated in this fifh; 

 all the fcales are indented at the bafe; and the lips and pharynx denticu- 

 lated. 

 N guare, If not more properly a fpecies of the Set ana. 



CROMIS? 4 



Sub argent eus oblongus, radii s anterioribusl . 

 pinna dorfalis arrt punicnttbus. \ The Drummer. 



Caput crajjiufculum ; labia ducJilia £f leniter denticulata-, iris argent ea- f 

 corpus oblongum fquamofum. Pinna dorft unica t fed bipartita, & quaji 

 gemina : hujus pars anterior triangularis eft, & r adits novem inermibus 

 fuffulta j po fieri or vero ad caudam fere porrigitur. Pinna peciorales 

 bronchus approximata funt\ & vent rales e regione peftoraiium Jita. 

 Pinna analis obhnga eft ; fed cauda fere quadrata, 



Membrana branchioftigea ojjiculorum ? 



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